Basingstoke and Deane

51°15′22″N 1°06′40″W / 51.256°N 1.111°W / 51.256; -1.111

Basingstoke and Deane
Borough and non-metropolitan district
Basingstoke. Crown Heights
Basingstoke and Deane shown within Hampshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Hampshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Basingstoke
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
• MPs	Maria Miller Kit Malthouse Ranil Jayawardena
Area
• Total	244.7 sq mi (633.8 km2)
• Rank	56th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	187,817
• Rank	107th (of 296)
• Density	770/sq mi (300/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 88.5% White 5.9% Asian 2.5% Mixed 2% Black 1.1% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 45.4% Christianity 43.4% no religion 5.6% not stated 2.2% Hinduism 1.5% Islam 0.9% Buddhism 0.6% other 0.3% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	24UB (ONS) E07000084 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU620511

Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The modern district was created in 1974, initially being called Basingstoke. It changed its name to "Basingstoke and Deane" in 1978 at the same time that it was made a borough; Deane was added to the name to represent the rural parts of the borough, being the area's smallest village.

Parts of the borough lie within the North Wessex Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are Hart, East Hampshire, Winchester, Test Valley, West Berkshire and Wokingham.